Unbelievable! I can't believe that Trump took the bait...where were his advisors? Everything you stated above SHOULD have been available in order to advise and decide the correct stance to take.
Insane. Trump is supposed to be smart and a good negotiator. He us friends with Steve Bannon. It's seems unlikely that Banning didn't voice concerns. Bannon is very open about his thoughts and opinions.
You need to start opening up your eyes to the fact we have no allies in the Middle East. Every single country there has their own interests and will work all angles to bring about what they see whats best for themselves. When most of the presidents of ivy league schools are of middle eastern origin, when that nation gets billions of dollars of American taxpayers money to genocide their neighbors, to raze that peoples hospitals, schools and homes, when almost all our federally elected officials go to their country and put on a hat and kiss a wall and pledge to that nation, our treasure and weapons to destroy every country around them, then I might start to worry about this being as big of a problem as you are crying about it being.
Your argument is essentially: "We have problems with other Middle East relationships, so we should ignore the Qatar problem."
That's just changing the subject.
Answer the actual question: Should we let a country that funds the Muslim Brotherhood, shelters Hamas, and spent billions radicalizing American students build a military facility on American soil?
Because you can criticize every other Middle East policy you want, but it doesn't change what Qatar is doing.
So the big question is what can Idaho and Idahoans do to stop this? Do other legislators feel as you do? Will they work on a bill that can help? Do they have the ear of anyone in DC (e.g. Idaho’s House and Senate members, Hegseth, Trump, Bannon)?
No one in DC seems to listen to ordinary citizens, judging by many inane form letters we’ve received from Idaho’s reps in reply to valid concerns about big issues.
I’m not saying anything about ignoring problems that derive from any country in the Middle East, just the opposite. What i’am saying is we need to put them in perspective. I think that’s the issue here. Is this a big deal that Qatar has a base here in the United States, absolutely, I’m just as outraged as you are! My point is why do we have any special relationships with any countries over there. We should view every country over there as how they can benefit the United States and not choose specific alliances that would alienate so many of those same countries from working with us! Again if you cannot see that our nation is beholden and controlled by one nation in the Middle East,and how that negatively affects all our other relationships or potential relationships there. War in Iraq, overthrowing Libyas government, bombing Syria, Iran destabilizing the whole region, how does that benefit us the United States. You have a bias, I know, but just because a nation doesn’t have a base here doesnt mean they don’t have influence that makes this air base seem like park! This is just a small piece to a lot bigger puzzle my friend.
We can debate broader Middle East policy all day, but letting countries that fund terrorism build facilities on American soil after what happened in Florida? That's not complicated.
Another thing about the 100 million spent on our universities is the fact that most of that money is spent on branch universities built over there for their people, sounds like a nation trying to do whats best for their own people. Wish America was like that! I like you Brian, but your bias on this whole issue is why we as Americans have no sovereignty over our own affairs. Keep fighting the good fight, and research where they don’t want you to!
Unbelievable! I can't believe that Trump took the bait...where were his advisors? Everything you stated above SHOULD have been available in order to advise and decide the correct stance to take.
Insane. Trump is supposed to be smart and a good negotiator. He us friends with Steve Bannon. It's seems unlikely that Banning didn't voice concerns. Bannon is very open about his thoughts and opinions.
God help us.
You need to start opening up your eyes to the fact we have no allies in the Middle East. Every single country there has their own interests and will work all angles to bring about what they see whats best for themselves. When most of the presidents of ivy league schools are of middle eastern origin, when that nation gets billions of dollars of American taxpayers money to genocide their neighbors, to raze that peoples hospitals, schools and homes, when almost all our federally elected officials go to their country and put on a hat and kiss a wall and pledge to that nation, our treasure and weapons to destroy every country around them, then I might start to worry about this being as big of a problem as you are crying about it being.
Your argument is essentially: "We have problems with other Middle East relationships, so we should ignore the Qatar problem."
That's just changing the subject.
Answer the actual question: Should we let a country that funds the Muslim Brotherhood, shelters Hamas, and spent billions radicalizing American students build a military facility on American soil?
Because you can criticize every other Middle East policy you want, but it doesn't change what Qatar is doing.
Open the Books also has covered enemy funding of our institutions. See https://openthebooks.substack.com - search for Qatar
So the big question is what can Idaho and Idahoans do to stop this? Do other legislators feel as you do? Will they work on a bill that can help? Do they have the ear of anyone in DC (e.g. Idaho’s House and Senate members, Hegseth, Trump, Bannon)?
No one in DC seems to listen to ordinary citizens, judging by many inane form letters we’ve received from Idaho’s reps in reply to valid concerns about big issues.
I wonder if an organized protest movement can stop this. Why Idaho too and not some blue state?
I’m not saying anything about ignoring problems that derive from any country in the Middle East, just the opposite. What i’am saying is we need to put them in perspective. I think that’s the issue here. Is this a big deal that Qatar has a base here in the United States, absolutely, I’m just as outraged as you are! My point is why do we have any special relationships with any countries over there. We should view every country over there as how they can benefit the United States and not choose specific alliances that would alienate so many of those same countries from working with us! Again if you cannot see that our nation is beholden and controlled by one nation in the Middle East,and how that negatively affects all our other relationships or potential relationships there. War in Iraq, overthrowing Libyas government, bombing Syria, Iran destabilizing the whole region, how does that benefit us the United States. You have a bias, I know, but just because a nation doesn’t have a base here doesnt mean they don’t have influence that makes this air base seem like park! This is just a small piece to a lot bigger puzzle my friend.
We can debate broader Middle East policy all day, but letting countries that fund terrorism build facilities on American soil after what happened in Florida? That's not complicated.
Another thing about the 100 million spent on our universities is the fact that most of that money is spent on branch universities built over there for their people, sounds like a nation trying to do whats best for their own people. Wish America was like that! I like you Brian, but your bias on this whole issue is why we as Americans have no sovereignty over our own affairs. Keep fighting the good fight, and research where they don’t want you to!